500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll

Some time ago I found this list and starting making the occasional post on songs found on it. Now the list as I have it is not at that site, and the list that is there is different. Some songs on the list below aren't even on the list I see on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame site now. I'm not sure what I'll do. I may start working on somebody else's list and hope it sticks around long enough for me to work my way through it.

This list is from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (which has a Facebook page):

A

* A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
* A Day in the Life - The Beatles
* A Teenager In Love - Dion And The Belmonts
* A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
* A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
* ABC - Jackson 5
* After Midnight - Eric Clapton
* Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino
* Ain’t Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
* All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
* All I Have to Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
* All Right Now - Free
* All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
* Am I Asking Too Much - Dinah Washington
* American Girl - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
* American Pie - Don McLean
* Anarchy In The U.K. - Sex Pistols
* Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
* Aqualung - Jethro Tull
* At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors
* Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp
* Autobahn - Kraftwerk
* A World Without Love - Peter And Gordon


B

* Baba O’Riley - The Who
* Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops
* Baby Please Don’t Go - Big Joe Williams
* Back In Black - AC/DC
* Ball ‘N’ Chain - Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton
* Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T. Rex
* Be My Baby - The Ronettes
* Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
* Beat It - Michael Jackson
* Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
* Been Caught Stealin’ - Jane’s Addiction
* Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
* Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
* Big Girls Don’t Cry - The 4 Seasons
* Biko - Peter Gabriel
* Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
* Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana
* (I Belong To The) Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
* Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan
* Blue Moon - The Marcels
* Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
* Blue Yodel No. 9 - Jimmie Rodgers
* Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
* Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
* Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 
* Bony Maronie - Larry Williams
* Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker
* Book Of Love - The Monotones
* Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
* Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
* Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
* Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
* Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
* Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
* Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
* Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke
* Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
* Brown Shoes Don’t Make It - The Mothers Of Invention (with Frank Zappa)
* Bus Stop - The Hollies
* By And By - The Soul Stirrers
* Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers


C

* C’mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
* C.C. Rider - Chuck Willis
* Caldonia - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
* California Dreamin’ - The Mamas And The Papas
* California Girls - The Beach Boys
* Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
* Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
* Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
* Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
* Come Go With Me - The Dell-Vikings
* Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
* Crossroads - Cream
* Crying In The Chapel - The Orioles

D

* Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) - The Crystals
* Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
* Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
* Dancing In The Street - Martha And The Vandellas
* Dark Star - The Grateful Dead
* Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin
* Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
* Dedicated To The One I Love - The Shirelles
* Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels
* Dirty Water - The Standells
* Disco Inferno - The Trammps
* Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
* (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
* Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin’ Spoonful
* Do You Love Me - The Contours
* Don’t Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
* Don’t You Want Me? - Human League
* Down By the River - Neil Young
* Downhearted Blues - Bessie Smith
* Dream On - Aerosmith
* Driftin’ Blues - Charles Brown
* Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
* Dust My Broom - Elmore James


E

* Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
* Eight Miles High - The Byrds
* Enter Sandman - Metallica
* Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
* Every Breath You Take - The Police
* Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Solomon Burke


F

* Fame - David Bowie
* Fever - Little Willie John
* (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) - The Beastie Boys
* Fight the Power - Public Enemy
* Fire And Rain - James Taylor
* Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
* Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
* For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield
* Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
* Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

G

* Gee - The Crows
* Get Up Stand Up - The Wailers
* Gimme Some Lovin’ - Spencer Davis Group
* Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
* Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon
* Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) - Parliament
* Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five
* Gloria (in Excelsis Deo) - Patti Smith
* Gloria - The Shadows Of Knight
* Go To The Mirror Boy - The Who
* Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
* God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
* God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
* Going To A Go-Go - The Miracles
* Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
* Good Lovin’ - The Young Rascals
* Good Morning (Little) School Girl - Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson
* Good Rockin’ Tonight - Wynonie Harris
* Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
* Goodnight Irene - The Weavers
* Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
* Graceland - Paul Simon
* Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
* Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG’s
* Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
* Groovin’ - The Young Rascals


H

* Hallelujah I Love Her So - Ray Charles
* Hanky Panky - Tommy James And The Shondells
* He’s A Rebel - The Crystals
* Heart Of Glass - Blondie
* Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
* Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
* (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha And The Vandellas
* Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths
* Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
* Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
* Help Me - Joni Mitchell
* HELP! - The Beatles
* Heroin - Velvet Underground
* Hey Jude - The Beatles
* Hickory Wind - The Byrds
* Hide Away - Freddy King
* (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
* Highway to Hell - AC/DC
* Hillbilly Boogie - The Delmore Brothers
* Hippy Hippy Shake - Swinging Blue Jeans
* Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
* Honky Tonk - Bill Doggett
* Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
* Hotel California - The Eagles
* Hound Dog - Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton
* How Do You Do It? - Gerry and The Pacemakers
* How High The Moon - Les Paul and Mary Ford
* How I Got Over - Clara Ward & The Ward Singers
* Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran


I

* I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore - Phil Ochs
* I Can’t Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
* I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
* I Fought The Law - The Bobby Fuller Four
* I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
* I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
* I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
* I Love Rock ‘N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
* I Never Loved A Man (the Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin
* I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
* I Put a Spell On You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
* I Shot The Sheriff - The Wailers (with Bob Marley)
* I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2
* I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
* I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
* I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
* I Want You Back - Jackson 5
* I Will Dare - The Replacements
* I’ll Live Again - The Dixie Hummingbirds
* I’m A Believer - The Monkees
* I’m Eighteen - Alice Cooper
* I’m Not A Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
* If I Didn’t Care - The Ink Spots
* If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) - Peter, Paul And Mary
* Imagine - John Lennon
* In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
* In The Still Of The Nite - The 5 Satins
* In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
* Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Lennon
* Iron Man - Black Sabbath
* It Ain’t Me Babe - The Turtles
* It’s Your Thing - The Isley Brothers


J

* Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
* Jeremy - Pearl Jam
* Jim Dandy - LaVern Baker
* Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
* Juke - Little Walter
* Jump - Van Halen
* Jumpin’ Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
* Just Like Me - Paul Revere & The Raiders
* Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel

K

* Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison


L

* La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
* Ladies First - Queen Latifah
* Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees
* Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne
* Laugh Laugh - The Beau Brummels
* Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
* Layla - Derek and the Dominos
* Le Freak - Chic
* Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-Las
* Legalize It - Peter Tosh
* Legs - ZZ Top
* Let’s Go Trippin’ - Dick Dale And The Del-Tones
* Let’s Have A Party - Amos Milburn
* Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
* Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
* Light My Fire - The Doors
* Like A Virgin - Madonna
* Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
* Little Johnny Jewel - Television
* Little Red Corvette - Prince 
* Lively Up Yourself - Bob Marley And The Wailers
* Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
* Lola - The Kinks
* London Calling - The Clash
* Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
* Los Angeles - X
* Loser - Beck
* Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
* Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
* Love in Vain - Robert Johnson
* Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
* Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
* Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
* Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
* Love Train - O’Jays
* Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division


M

* Madame George - Van Morrison
* Maggie May - Rod Stewart
* Mama Said Knock You Out - L.L. Cool J
* Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown
* Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
* Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
* Master Blaster (Jammin’) - Stevie Wonder
* Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
* Matchbox - Carl Perkins
* Maybe I’m Amazed - Paul McCartney
* Maybellene - Chuck Berry
* Me Myself And I - De La Soul
* Mercy Mercy - Don Covey
* Midnight Stomp - Jimmy Yancey
* Miss You - The Rolling Stones
* Money (That’s What I Want) - Barrett Strong
* Money Honey - The Drifters
* Money - Pink Floyd
* Moondance - Van Morrison
* More Than A Feeling - Boston
* Motherless Children - Blind Willie Johnson
* Move It - Cliff Richard And The Drifters
* Move On Up A Little Higher - Mahalia Jackson
* Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
* Mule Skinner Blues - Bill Monroe
* My Generation - The Who
* My Girl - The Temptations
* My Guy - Mary Wells
* My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) - Neil Young
* Mystery Train - Elvis Presley

N

* Needles and Pins - The Searchers
* New Rose - The Damned
* Night Moves - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
* Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
* 96 Tears - Question Mark And The Mysterians
* No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley And The Wailers
* Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
* Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang - Dr. Dre


O

* Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
* Oh, What A Night - The Dells
* Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
* Omaha - Moby Grape
* Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
* One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic


P

* Packing Up - Marion Williams
* Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone - The Temptations
* Paranoid - Black Sabbath
* Party Doll - Buddy Knox
* Pastures Of Plenty - Woody Guthrie
* Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
* People Get Ready - The Impressions
* Personality Crisis - New York Dolls
* Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company (with Janis Joplin)
* Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins
* Pipeline - The Chantays
* Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa
* Please Please Please - James Brown
* Plynth (Water Down The Drain) - Jeff Beck Group
* Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals
* Pretty Boy Floyd - Woody Guthrie
* Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
* Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
* Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
* Prove It On Me - Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug Washboard Band
* Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five
* Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
* Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
* Pushin’ Too Hard - The Seeds

Q

* Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds


R

* Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
* Rainin’ In My Heart - Slim Harpo
* Ramblin’ Man - The Allman Brothers Band
* Rapper’s Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
* Reach Out I’ll Be There - The Four Tops
* Rebel-’Rouser - Duane Eddy
* Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
* Red Hot - Billy Riley & His Little Green Men
* Reelin’ In The Years - Steely Dan
* Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
* Respect - Aretha Franklin
* Right Place Wrong Time - Dr. John
* River Deep, Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
* Rock & Roll Music - Chuck Berry
* Rock And Roll All Nite - Kiss
* Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin
* (We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
* Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
* Rock Lobster - The B-52’s
* Rock My Soul - Golden Gate Quartet
* Rock This Town - Stray Cats
* Rock ‘N’ Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
* Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie-Woogie Flu - Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & His Clowns
* Rollin’ Stone - Muddy Waters
* Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) - Bruce Springsteen
* Roundabout - Yes
* Roxanne - The Police
* Roxanne, Roxanne - U.T.F.O.
* Rumble - Link Wray
* Runaway - Del Shannon
* Runnin’ With the Devil - Van Halen


S

* Sail Away - Randy Newman
* (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
* Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
* Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud - James Brown
* Search And Destroy - Iggy And The Stooges
* See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
* September Gurls - Big Star
* Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
* Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
* Shake - Otis Redding
* Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner
* Shapes Of Things - The Yardbirds
* She’s About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet
* Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones
* Shotgun - Jr. Walker and the All Stars
* Shout - Pts. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
* Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers
* Sincerely - The Moonglows
* Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes
* Slippin’ Into Darkness - War
* Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
* Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
* Smokestack Lightnin’ - Howlin’ Wolf
* Solo Flight - Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Orchestra
* Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
* Something To Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
* Soul Man - Sam & Dave
* Space Oddity - David Bowie
* Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
* Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
* Spoonful - Howlin’ Wolf
* Stack O’ Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
* Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
* Stand By Me - Ben E. King
* Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
* Stayin’ Alive - The Bee Gees
* Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes
* Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
* Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
* Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash
* Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
* Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
* Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
* Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
* Sunshine Superman - Donovan
* Super Freak - Rick James
* Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
* Superstition - Stevie Wonder
* Surf City - Jan & Dean
* Surfin’ U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
* Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
* Suzy-Q - Dale Hawkins
* Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
* Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
* Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
* Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones

T

* Take It Easy - The Eagles
* Take Me Back To Tulsa - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
* Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
* Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
* Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
* Tell Mama - Etta James
* Tennessee - Arrested Development
* Tequila - The Champs
* Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
* That’ll Be the Day - Buddy Holly And The Crickets
* That’s All Right - Elvis Presley
* The Breaks - Kurtis Blow
* The End - The Doors
* The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag - Country Joe and The Fish
* The Great Pretender - The Platters
* The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
* The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
* The Letter - The Box Tops
* The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
* The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
* The Midnight Special - Lead Belly
* The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
* The Red Rooster - Howlin ‘Wolf
* The Sounds Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel
* The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
* The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
* The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
* The Times They Are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan
* The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles
* The Train Kept A-Rollin’ - Johnny Burnette Trio
* The Twist - Chubby Checker
* The Weight - The Band
* There Goes My Baby - The Drifters
* This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
* This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
* Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
* Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club
* Time Is On My Side - The Rolling Stones
* Tipitina - Professor Longhair
* Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
* Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
* Turn On the News - Husker Du
* Turn On Your Love - Bobby Blue Bland
* Tutti Frutti - Little Richard


U

* U Can’t Touch This - MC Hammer
* Uncle John’s Band - The Grateful Dead
* Up On The Roof - The Drifters
* Uptight (Everything’s Alright) - Stevie Wonder


V

* Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

W

* Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff And The Smoky Mountain Boys
* Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
* Walk Don’t Run - The Ventures
* Walk Like A Man - The 4 Seasons
* Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
* Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.
* War - Edwin Starr
* We Are Family - Sister Sledge
* We Got The Beat - Go-Go’s
* We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals
* We’re An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
* We’re Gonna Rock - Cecil Gant
* Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N’ Roses
* West End Blues - Louis Armstrong
* What’d I Say - Ray Charles
* What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye
* When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
* When Doves Cry - Prince 
* Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger
* Whip It - Devo
* Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers Band
* White Light / White Heat - Velvet Underground
* White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
* Who Do You Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service
* Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
* Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On - Jerry Lee Lewis
* Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
* Wild Thing - The Troggs
* Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
* Willie And The Hand Jive - Johnny Otis
* Wipe Out - The Surfaris
* With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
* Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs
* Work With Me Annie - Hank Ballard And The Midnighters


Y

* Yakety Yak - The Coasters
* Yesterday - The Beatles
* You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes
* You Really Got Me - The Kinks
* You Send Me - Sam Cooke
* You’ve Got A Friend - Carole King
* You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - The Righteous Brothers
* You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
* Young Blood - The Coasters
* Your Song - Elton John


Z

* Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie